Phaedra Chrousos

Director

Phaedra Chrousos

Director

Biography

Ms. Chrousos has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of the Libra Group, a diverse, international business group that is active in 35 countries and focused on six business areas: aviation, energy, hospitality, real estate, shipping and diversified investments, since November 2018, and was the Libra Group's Chief Innovation Officer from October 2016 to October 2018. Prior to joining the Libra Group, Ms. Chrousos served as a political appointee for the Obama Administration from June 2014 to July 2016 in various roles, including as an Associate Administrator for the General Services Administration and Founding Commissioner of the Technology Transformation Service at the General Services Administration. Prior to entering public service, Ms. Chrousos co-founded HealthLeap, a health tech company that reimagined the way doctors and patients communicate. HealthLeap was acquired by Vitals.com 10 months after its launch. Ms. Chrousos served as HealthLeap's President from September 2009 to December 2010 and as Vitals.com's Vice President responsible for HealthLeap from December 2010 to November 2011. She also has several years of consulting experience with The Boston Consulting Group and The World Bank. Ms. Chrousos sits on several non-profit boards, including that of a maternal mental health foundation and The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University. Ms. Chrousos also sits on the advisory boards of several ventures and funds that sit at the intersection between technology and the government. Ms. Chrousos was twice named one of the Federal Government's '50 Women in Technology' by FedScoop and one of Greece's '40 under 40' by Fortune Magazine. Ms. Chrousos holds a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.S.C. from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.